Grandeur personified in this walled and gated 3-level Contemporary Mediterranean manse available for sale for the first time in 28 years and featuring voluminous sunlit rooms with super high ceilings, wood and stone floors, mouldings, and French doors. A sweeping gated driveway evokes the feeling that you are approaching a fine European estate. A dramatic skylit 2sty entry foyer with a spectacular staircase leads you towards the perfect floor plan for entertaining highlighted by a stunning paneled library/office, fantastic living and family rooms, gracious formal dining room, and a massive family-style kitchen. The living room, family room, and kitchen all flow directly to the lush rear grounds with endless lawns, patios, terrace, BBQ center, pool/spa, and mature privacy hedging. The library/office and dining room open to an elegant front terrace for further entertaining potential. 4 impressively sized bedroom suites are upstairs including the huge primary suite with big sitting room, fireplace, peek-a-boo view balcony, dual baths and closets. The well-planned lower level of the home features a large media room opening to the rear grounds via a proper stairwell, two guest bedrooms, powder room, sizable laundry room, and a direct-entry garage of over 2,000 sq ft (perfect for motor enthusiasts). Sited in the center of the Flats of Beverly Hills on a wide and substantial corner lot, 701 N. Beverly Drive awaits your most sophisticated (and highly pre-qualified) buyers.